Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 – 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American

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ist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style ranged from

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, sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like

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, Francis Criss,

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, I. Rice Pereira, and David Smith.

Early life

Matulka was born on 7 November 1890 in Vlachovo Březí, Bohemia, then part of

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and now part of the

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. In 1907 Jan, his parents Maria and John, and his five younger sisters moved to

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. Soon after John separated from Jan's mother and left the family alone and with little money. In 1908 Jan Matulka began studying at the

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in New York City. Upon graduation in 1917 Matulka met Ludmila "Lída" Jiroušková who would on 1 May 1918 become his wife. Lída Matulka worked for the

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as the head of the

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literature section and helped connect her husband to the larger cultural community. Between 1917 and 1918 Matulka traveled around the United States and the Caribbean as the first recipient of the

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, painting as he went. While in the

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he became one of the first

ists to portray the

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snake

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Work

In 1919 Matulka illustrated ''Czechoslovak Fairy Tales'' with writer Parker Fillmore and published by

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. In 1920 the pair compiled a second book, ''The Shoemaker's Apron'', published by

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The next few years Jan and Lida traveled to

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to visit the old family farm, as well as to Germany and France. Matulka found inspiration in the scenery of Tŭri Pôle village, a place that fueled many more paintings over the years. Jan established a studio in Paris and would over-winter there while Lida returned to New York City each October. In Paris he was acquaintances with

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André Lhote André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art. Early life and education Lhote was born ...

, Jean Lurçat, Josef Šíma,

Václav Vytlačil Vaclav Vytlacil was an American artist and art instructor, and was among the earliest and most influential advocates of Hans Hofmann's teachings in the United States. Life Vaclav "Vyt" Vytlacil was born in New York City to Czech immigrant parent ...

, and

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. In the 1920s Matulka maintained both his studios, frequently traveling to and fro from Paris to New York City. Around the middle of the decade Matulka began painting stark and jazzy

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s. This by no means meant he limited himself to that style, as he was also painting

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, as well as

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pieces. Katherine Sophie Dreier became his patron briefly from 1925 to 1926, which came to a premature end mainly due to petty disagreements and Matulka's general lack of social grace, ranging from tardiness to tantrums. In November 1926 he started to contribute illustrations to ''

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''. In 1927, Matulka began an association with the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery. The clientele of the gallery wanted more conservative and representational works so Matulka complied because he needed the income. Again, this did not prevent him from painting in other styles for other outlets. In 1928 he began drawing from the model when he started meeting with the Society of Independent Artists, while contributing illustrations to the

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Dělník Kalendar. Jan Matulka - Tŭri Pôle Landscape (c1921)

With help from

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and

Matulka landed a teaching job at the

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, his first salaried position. Being the only

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faculty member, his classes were quite popular. His students include

, Francis Criss,

, I. Rice Pereira, David Smith,

Jacob Burck Jacob Burck (née Yankel Boczkowsky, January 10, 1907 – May 11, 1982) was a Polish-born Jewish-American painter, sculptor, and award-winning editorial cartoonist. Active in the Communist movement from 1926 as a political cartoonist and muralis ...

, and

Esther Shemitz Esther Shemitz (June 25, 1900August 16, 1986), also known as "Esther Chambers" and "Mrs. Whittaker Chambers," was an American painter and illustrator who, as wife of ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers, provided testimony that "helped substantiate" h ...

. The lattermost would later state that Matulka was the greatest influence on his work. Matulka was pushed out of his position at the Art Students League by conservative factions in 1931, but with encouragement from students he continued teaching a private class, which later disbanded in 1932. Matulka continued teaching one-on-one classes for a time after that. Personal and global financial woes soon prevented Matulka from traveling annually to Paris. In 1928 he sublet his studio there to jazz painter Stuart Davis. Later Josef Šíma sublet it, taking it over completely from Matulka in 1934. Šíma stored all Matulka's paintings and other works left in the studio, eventually transporting them to his own house in

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, where unfortunately these things did not survive

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. From 1934 until it ended in 1935 Matulka became one of the few abstract painters to join the

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, giving him a taste for

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s and public art. Immediately afterward he joined the

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and also worked on the Williamsburg Houses, eventually completing two murals, both of which were eventually destroyed or painted over.

Isolation and death

In 1936 Matulka helped found the

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, but refused to join the group. His emotional state continued to decline, even more so when his sister Barbara killed herself on 5 July. By the time his association with the

ended in 1939 he had become even more socially and emotionally isolated. He continued painting more and more experimental works. Over the next few decades Matulka received much acclaim from his exhibitions, but remained relatively withdrawn from society. As age caught up with him, he suffered from many health issues, including

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. Matulka died 25 June 1972 in New York City.

Exhibitions

* June 1920:

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(group show with Patrick Henry Bruce,

James Daugherty James Henry Daugherty (June 1, 1889 – February 21, 1974) was an American modernist painter, muralist, children's book author and illustrator. Life Daugherty was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He later lived in Indiana, Ohio, and at the ...

, and

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) * 1924:

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, Paris * 1924: Exhibition of American Art, Paris * 1924: Neue Galerie, New York City (two-person show with

James Ormsbee Chapin James Ormsbee Chapin (9 July 1887 – 12 July 1975) was an American painter and illustrator. He was the father of jazz musician Jim Chapin and grandfather of folk singer Harry Chapin. Life Chapin was born in West Orange, New Jersey, to James A. ...

) * 1925: Artist's Gallery cooperative, New York City (solo) * 1926: Art Center, New York City (solo) * 1926:

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown ...

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, New York (group show) * 1927:

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, New York City (two-person show with

Hayley Lever Richard Hayley Lever (28 September 1876 – 6 December 1958) was an Australian-American painter, etcher, lecturer and art teacher. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. Life and wor ...

) * 1929:

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, New York City (solo) * 1929:

, New York City (solo) * 1930:

, New York City (solo) * 1931 or 1932:

, New York City (group show with Stuart Davis, John D. Graham, and

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) * Spring 1932:

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* 1933:

, New York City (solo) * 1936:

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, New York City (group) * 1942:

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, New York City (group show with

Adolph Gottlieb Adolph Gottlieb (March 14, 1903 – March 4, 1974) was an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker. Early life and education Adolph Gottlieb, one of the "first generation" of Abstract Expressionists, was born in New Yor ...

Mark Rothko Mark Rothko (), born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, link=no, lv, Markuss Rotkovičs, link=no; name not Anglicized until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was a Lat ...

, Carl Holty, John D. Graham, and

) * 1944: ACA Galleries, New York City (solo) * 1965: Zabriske Gallery, New York City (solo) * 1979:

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, New York City (solo) * 21 November 1980 – 8 February 1981:

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, Washington, D.C. (solo) * 21 September – 14 November 1982: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (solo) * 1989:

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, New York City (solo) * 1992: James Graham & Sons, New York City (two-person show with

) * 1995: Thomas McCormick Gallery,

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(solo) * 1999:

Richard York Gallery Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'str ...

, New York City * - 7 April 2002:

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, New York City (group show with Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove,

Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been called the "Mother of Ame ...

Robert Motherwell Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of ''The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology''. He was one of the youngest of the New York School, which also inc ...

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Ilya Bolotowsky Ilya Bolotowsky (July 1, 1907 – November 22, 1981) was a leading early 20th-century Russian-American painter in abstract styles in New York City. His work, a search for philosophical order through visual expression, embraced cubism and geo ...

, Carl Holty,

Willem de Kooning Willem de Kooning (; ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter ...

Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...

, and others) * 18 September 2004 – 16 January 2005:

* 1 March – 1 May 2005:

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, Greenville, South Carolina * 18 June – 24 July 2005:

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* 9 July – 27 August 2005: Thomas McCormick Gallery,

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* 27 August – 27 November 2005: Georgia Museum of Art,

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* 14 January – 19 March 2006: Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, West Virginia * 9 April – 11 June 2006:

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* 10 June – 9 September 2006: Cape Ann Historical Museum,

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* 6 July – 19 August 2007:

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* 15 December 2007 – 3 February 2008:

(group show with many artists from

) * 10 April – 7 September 2008:

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, London (group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 28 February – 19 April 2009:

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(group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 2 May – 31 August 2009:

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is a municipally-owned public museum and art gallery in the city of Brighton and Hove in the South East of England. It is part of the "Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton and Hove". It is free for local resident ...

, Brighton (group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 19 September – 13 December 2009:

Whitworth Art Gallery The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing about 55,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester. In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transfo ...

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(group show, ''The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock'') * 19 March – 22 August 2009:

Jersey City Museum The Jersey City Museum was a municipal art museum in Jersey City, New Jersey. The establishment opened in 1901 and was housed in the main branch of the Jersey City Public Library. It relocated to a new building in 2001, but due to financial dif ...

, Jersey City, New Jersey (group show with Louis Lozowick, Riva Helfond,

Elsie Driggs Elsie Driggs (1898 – July 12, 1992 in New York City) was an American painter known for her contributions to Precisionism, America's one indigenous modern-art movement before Abstract Expressionism, and for her later floral and figurative waterc ...

, and

Victoria Hutson Huntley Victoria Ebbels Hutson Huntley (1900 Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey – 1971 Arlington, Virginia) was an American artist, and printmaker. Life Huntley grew up in New York City, and studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art and the ...

) * 12 August -–18 October 2009:

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (also known by its acronym, CCCB) is an arts centre in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated in the Raval district, the Centre’s core theme is the city and urban culture. The CCCB organizes exhi ...

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(group show with

Man Ray Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each ...

Miguel Covarrubias Miguel Covarrubias, also known as José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud (22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican painter, caricaturist, illustrator, ethnologist and art historian. Along with his American colleague Matthew W. Stirling, ...

, and many others) * 29 July – 16 October 2011:

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(''Modernist Inclinations: The Art of Jan Matulka'')

Selected bibliography as illustrator

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References

External links

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Global Modernist exhibition

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Jan Matulka at the Whitney Museum
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